he joins us on the phone. scott, how bad is the flooding. >> michelle, it's pretty bad in the tip of manhattan. when we spoke to you, we were in battery park. we knew we were taking a calculated risk but did not expect the water to come up as fast as it did. just about when i sent it back to you at top of the hour, i found water lapping around my feet well away from the river. that water came up very fast, and if you know manhattan at all, i can tell you the staten island ferry terminal, that's the part where the people go in, is now, if it's not flooded it's close to it. there's almost certainly water in the subways now. they had sandbagged the subway entrances down there, but we had to high tail it out of there very fast as the water was rising. i've covered quite a few hurricanes that. may be one of the most harrowing experiences i've ever been through, just trying to get out of there as that water came up fast. now, where i'm standing now is just around the corner from the new york stock exchange in the he